Jon Velotta
@jpvelotta.bsky.social
Assistant Professor. Evolutionary physiology and genomics at the University of Denver.
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Jon Velotta
@jpvelotta.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Research at 14,000 Feet
The Velotta Lab seeks to understand how tiny mammals have genetically adapted to survive at Colorado’s highest altitudes.
stories.du.edu
Check out coverage of our work on the mechanisms of adaptation to high altitude. stories.du.edu/magazine/dep...
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1/How do maladaptive responses to novel environments influence trait evolution? With field & lab studies, we (@jpvelotta.bsky.social & @mstager.bsky.social) explored this in deer mice along an elevational gradient. And...it's complicated! 😱
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October 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
1/How do maladaptive responses to novel environments influence trait evolution? With field & lab studies, we (@jpvelotta.bsky.social & @mstager.bsky.social) explored this in deer mice along an elevational gradient. And...it's complicated! 😱
academic-oup-com.silk.library.umass.edu/evolut/artic...
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Please spread widely and quickly - the more signatures we get the better chances we have of cajoling NSF into changing course on this small but very impactful item
NSF unexpectedly changed (at the last minute) who is eligible to apply for the Grad Research Fellowship, dropping 2nd year students. We started a petition to reverse this unfair change, Sign here:
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
and please spread the word!!!!
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
and please spread the word!!!!
Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition
laurenkuehne.github.io
September 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Please spread widely and quickly - the more signatures we get the better chances we have of cajoling NSF into changing course on this small but very impactful item
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We created an updated, urgent petition focused on the devastating #GRFP eligibiilty changes - please sign and share if you can!
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The new #NSF #GRFP application now excludes 1000’s of students, including those who were told they could apply this year, or who planned to apply next year.
We have a new specific petition urging #NSFGRFP undo this harmful action. If you are impacted sign here: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
We have a new specific petition urging #NSFGRFP undo this harmful action. If you are impacted sign here: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
September 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
We created an updated, urgent petition focused on the devastating #GRFP eligibiilty changes - please sign and share if you can!
bsky.app/profile/jaso...
bsky.app/profile/jaso...
If you are a grad student in their second year, hoping to apply for a GRFP, the eligibility requirements have changed. You are now ineligible. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo.... This is an outrage. The government willy-nilly changes the way things are done and it hurts students.
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
September 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
If you are a grad student in their second year, hoping to apply for a GRFP, the eligibility requirements have changed. You are now ineligible. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo.... This is an outrage. The government willy-nilly changes the way things are done and it hurts students.
Check out our new deer mouse paper @sse-evolution.bsky.social! A truly collaborative effort with @drgodwit.bsky.social, @mstager.bsky.social, and Zac Cheviron. academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
Incomplete genetic compensation and countergradient variation of blood-oxygen transport in deer mice
Abstract. Novel environments can induce fitness-reducing responses (i.e., maladaptive plasticity) that should be eliminated by selection via genetic compen
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September 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Check out our new deer mouse paper @sse-evolution.bsky.social! A truly collaborative effort with @drgodwit.bsky.social, @mstager.bsky.social, and Zac Cheviron. academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
Check out our new perspective on homeostasis and stress! Led by @evoecoalex.bsky.social with me and @cam-g.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/icb/advance-....
A Systems Approach to Homeostasis: What Euryhaline Fish Teach Us About Organismal Stress Responses
Synopsis. Historically, organismal biologists have studied the organism’s response to environmental variation from two complementary perspectives: one has
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June 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Check out our new perspective on homeostasis and stress! Led by @evoecoalex.bsky.social with me and @cam-g.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/icb/advance-....
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Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
March 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
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AOC: Do you know which coloradans did vote to cut medicare and jack up health care cost? Every single Republican representative from Colorado. Don't you worry, I was just at Gabe Evans' district, and 11,000 of his constituents would like a word
March 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
AOC: Do you know which coloradans did vote to cut medicare and jack up health care cost? Every single Republican representative from Colorado. Don't you worry, I was just at Gabe Evans' district, and 11,000 of his constituents would like a word
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New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report
National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.
www.forbes.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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Our YouTube premiere starts in just a few minutes!
youtu.be/Dx0ewmmMjnQ
youtu.be/Dx0ewmmMjnQ
This Podcast Will Kill You - Pregnancy: First Trimester
YouTube video by Exactly Right Media
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March 11, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Our YouTube premiere starts in just a few minutes!
youtu.be/Dx0ewmmMjnQ
youtu.be/Dx0ewmmMjnQ
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For the first time in 10 years, a child has died from measles in the United States.
Vaccines prevent measles.
Americans need to hear our top health officials say clearly: every child in America should get vaccinated against this terrible disease.
Vaccines prevent measles.
Americans need to hear our top health officials say clearly: every child in America should get vaccinated against this terrible disease.
March 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
For the first time in 10 years, a child has died from measles in the United States.
Vaccines prevent measles.
Americans need to hear our top health officials say clearly: every child in America should get vaccinated against this terrible disease.
Vaccines prevent measles.
Americans need to hear our top health officials say clearly: every child in America should get vaccinated against this terrible disease.
#standupforscience Denver! Thank you @ssenese.bsky.social for being lead organizer and @emma-glenn23.bsky.social @peteromyscus.bsky.social @etarnawa.bsky.social @rileymcorcoran.bsky.social for organizing and volunteering! ✊ #proudmentor
March 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
#standupforscience Denver! Thank you @ssenese.bsky.social for being lead organizer and @emma-glenn23.bsky.social @peteromyscus.bsky.social @etarnawa.bsky.social @rileymcorcoran.bsky.social for organizing and volunteering! ✊ #proudmentor
@erinwelsh.bsky.social and her crowd at #standupforscienece Denver! Science saves! Get vaccinated. @tpwky.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
@erinwelsh.bsky.social and her crowd at #standupforscienece Denver! Science saves! Get vaccinated. @tpwky.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Be part of this movement! Today in #Denver at 1pm at the capitol! Come #standupforscience
SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING!
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
March 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Be part of this movement! Today in #Denver at 1pm at the capitol! Come #standupforscience
COME STAND UP FOR SCIENCE!! TOMORROW!!
🚨TOMORROW, COLORADO!🚨
Denver Capitol building. East steps. 1-4 pm. Amazing lineup of speakers. A Science Riot comedian. Musical performance. Coloring pages for kids. Science advocacy. What more do you want?!?!
RSVP here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
Denver Capitol building. East steps. 1-4 pm. Amazing lineup of speakers. A Science Riot comedian. Musical performance. Coloring pages for kids. Science advocacy. What more do you want?!?!
RSVP here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
March 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM
COME STAND UP FOR SCIENCE!! TOMORROW!!
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The Scott Lab at McMaster is currently recruiting graduate students to examine the physiological and molecular mechanisms of high-altitude adaptation in small mammals. Details at scottlab.ca/opportunities/
Opportunities
Interested in Joining the Scott Lab? The Scott Lab is currently recruiting graduate students to examine the physiological and molecular mechanisms of high-altitude adaptation in small mammals. Pote…
scottlab.ca
March 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The Scott Lab at McMaster is currently recruiting graduate students to examine the physiological and molecular mechanisms of high-altitude adaptation in small mammals. Details at scottlab.ca/opportunities/
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SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING!
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
March 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING!
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
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2 DAYS until we STAND UP FOR SCIENCE!
More information on local sites available at www.standupforscience2025.org ☀️
#standupforscience2025
More information on local sites available at www.standupforscience2025.org ☀️
#standupforscience2025
March 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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BREAKING: Federal judge issues prelim injunction blocking NIH from cutting indirect cost rates for research.
This extends the temp restraining order that's been in place the past few weeks.
Big win for health.
Big loss for disease and cancers. Especially political ones.
This extends the temp restraining order that's been in place the past few weeks.
Big win for health.
Big loss for disease and cancers. Especially political ones.
JUST IN: A federal judge in Massachusetts has extended her nationwide block on Trump administration effort to slash funds for NIH research.
March 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
BREAKING: Federal judge issues prelim injunction blocking NIH from cutting indirect cost rates for research.
This extends the temp restraining order that's been in place the past few weeks.
Big win for health.
Big loss for disease and cancers. Especially political ones.
This extends the temp restraining order that's been in place the past few weeks.
Big win for health.
Big loss for disease and cancers. Especially political ones.
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On Friday, we Stand Up for Science in locations Nationwide (& internationally!) to support science as a public good that benefits everyone.
Join us! Visit www.standupforscience2025.org for more information & other ways to get involved ☀️
Join us! Visit www.standupforscience2025.org for more information & other ways to get involved ☀️
March 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
On Friday, we Stand Up for Science in locations Nationwide (& internationally!) to support science as a public good that benefits everyone.
Join us! Visit www.standupforscience2025.org for more information & other ways to get involved ☀️
Join us! Visit www.standupforscience2025.org for more information & other ways to get involved ☀️
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Colorado—
Looking for a @standupforscience.bsky.social sign/poster making event? Look no further!
Golden—3/3 @6
Boulder—3/5 @5
Aurora/Denver—3/6 @6
Looking for a @standupforscience.bsky.social sign/poster making event? Look no further!
Golden—3/3 @6
Boulder—3/5 @5
Aurora/Denver—3/6 @6
March 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Colorado—
Looking for a @standupforscience.bsky.social sign/poster making event? Look no further!
Golden—3/3 @6
Boulder—3/5 @5
Aurora/Denver—3/6 @6
Looking for a @standupforscience.bsky.social sign/poster making event? Look no further!
Golden—3/3 @6
Boulder—3/5 @5
Aurora/Denver—3/6 @6